Francesco Rabissi
- Associate Professor, French and Italian
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-5345
- Modern Languages, Rm. 549
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- rabissi@arizona.edu
Bio
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Interests
Teaching
Film Studies, Italian and World Cinema, Italian Literature, Modern Italian Culture and History, Contemporary Italian politics and society
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Food for Thought: Ital Culture
ITAL 160D1 (Fall 2025) -
Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Summer I 2025) -
Food for Thought: Ital Culture
ITAL 160D1 (Spring 2025) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Spring 2025) -
Food for Thought: Ital Culture
ITAL 160D1 (Winter 2024) -
Framing Italy
ITAL 420 (Fall 2024) -
Honors Thesis
ITAL 498H (Fall 2024) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2024) -
Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Summer I 2024) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Spring 2024) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Spring 2024) -
Framing Italy
ITAL 420 (Fall 2023) -
Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Summer I 2023) -
Food for Thought: Ital Culture
ITAL 160D1 (Spring 2023) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Spring 2023) -
Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2022) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Fall 2021) -
Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2021) -
Women In Italian Society
ITAL 330D (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Spring 2021) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Spring 2021) -
Italian American Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2020) -
Italian Fiction/Film
ITAL 410 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Spring 2020) -
Italian Fiction/Film
ITAL 410 (Spring 2020) -
History Italian Amer Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2019) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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History Italian Amer Cinema
ITAL 330B (Spring 2019) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Spring 2019) -
History Italian Amer Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2018) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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History Italian Amer Cinema
ITAL 330B (Fall 2017) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Spring 2017) -
History Italian Amer Cinema
ITAL 330B (Spring 2017) -
History of Italian Cinema
ITAL 330C (Fall 2016) -
Italian Fiction/Film
ITAL 410 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Spring 2016) -
History Italian Amer Cinema
ITAL 330B (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Rabissi, F. (2022). Intersezioni tra cinema e politica in Salò di Pier Paolo Pasolini. In Intersections/Intersezioni.More infoThis article analyzes Pier Paolo Pasolini's last film, Salò, as emblematic of the Brechtian paradigm for the interaction between cinema and politics.
Journals/Publications
- Rabissi, F. (2019). The body of Milan in Gabriele Basilico and Michelangelo Antonioni. The Journal of Architecture, 24(8), 1084-1095. doi:10.1080/13602365.2019.1708777More infoGabriele Basilico and Michelangelo Antonioni shared an interest in urban landscape and each developed a distinct aesthetics inspired by this constant dialogue with architecture and urban spatial fo...
- Rabissi, F. (2018). Rielaborazioni del comico dantesco in Totò al giro d’Italia e Totò all’inferno. Italica, 95(4), 551-563.More infoThe Divine Comedy has been the source of inspiration for many film adaptations. This essay investigates the influence of Dante's comic style on Italian comedian Totò and his Totò al giro d’Italia (Mario Mattoli, 1948) and Totò all’Inferno (Camillo Mastrocinque, 1955).
- Rabissi, F. (2017). Paolo Sorrentino's Youth. Italica, 94(3), 644.
- Rabissi, F. (2017). “La ‘fabbrica dei sogni’ ne Il caimano di Nanni Moretti,” Italian Quarterly (in print). Italian Quarterly, L(195 - 198), 32 - 44.
